. With Nansen in the north; a record of the Fram expedition in 1893-96. , but we were overtaken by fog and everytrace of land disappeared. We had to keep off thecoast while steering our course along it under sailand steam. Kvik, Nansens dog, ^^?hich we had brought with usfrom Christiania, was, of course, a general favouriteon board. It was a cross between a Newfoundlandand Eskimo dog, and was very fond of anything madeof leather. It devoured almost everything it got holdof—sailmakers gloves, old shoes, clothes, paper, water-proofs, etc. It was not quite so bad, however, as thedog the American
. With Nansen in the north; a record of the Fram expedition in 1893-96. , but we were overtaken by fog and everytrace of land disappeared. We had to keep off thecoast while steering our course along it under sailand steam. Kvik, Nansens dog, ^^?hich we had brought with usfrom Christiania, was, of course, a general favouriteon board. It was a cross between a Newfoundlandand Eskimo dog, and was very fond of anything madeof leather. It devoured almost everything it got holdof—sailmakers gloves, old shoes, clothes, paper, water-proofs, etc. It was not quite so bad, however, as thedog the American North Pole expedition had on boardthe Polaris. That dog used to eat door-handles! It was on the 27th of July that we made our firstacquaintance with the ice. We soon had it on bothsides of us, but with much bumping against the ice-floes we forced our way through them in the direction 10 \. m. UC OCLAM # \ iC .<0 MAP SHOWING DR. NANSEN S Naitsen in the North.] OFF kHABAROVA Ii of iIk Yugor Strait. The engine-room was not nowso warm as belbre. One day we had some troubledown there; a pipe burst and ihr pump \\;is not inorder; but things were soon put right again anil nostoppage of the vessel took place. It was a fortunate thing that we were well pro-visioned, for we bo3s on board the Fi-am had mightygood appetites. Each meal was a small Jelc in itsway, and was seasoned with many a merry , in particular, had an inexhaustible fund ofstories. He had ahvays something fresh to tell us,and was never at a loss for some amusing tale. Butit was only during the long polar night that he wasreally appreciated as he deserved to be. It was a beautiful sight to see the midnight sunon the horizon looming blood-red over the surface ofthe water strewn with innumerable ice-lloes, \vhilethe sky shone blue in the far distance. The Framwended her way onward, readily a
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